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A v es.— P l a t e XI. ( F em a l e .)
A. supra cincreus bmnneo-umbratus, subtus albua; gull guttuieque leritcr fusco-subfasciatis; pectore
, abdomineque rubro-brunneo-fasciatia; capitis cemcisque lateribus pallide griseis; remigibus pri-
mariis pallide brunncis, pogoniis intemis nigro-brunneo-fasciatis; secundariis griseis, pogoniis albo-
marginatis et fasciis nigro-bruuneis notatis; cauda subtus albd fasciis sex nigro-brunueis instruct^.
Longitudo 13 unc.
C o lo u r .—Above, pearl-grey shaded with brown, the latter colour particularly
distinct upon the interscapulars: the feathers of the nape of the neck are
pure white except at the points. Space below the eyes, ear coverts and sides
of the neck dull pearl-grey ; chin and throat white freckled with light brown,
the latter colour in the form of short indistinct bars. Breast, belly and thighs
white, closely banded with narrow, slightly undulated, reddish brown bars;
vent and under tail coverts pure white. Shoulder coverts dark leaden grey,
slightly tinged with brown ; primary quill coverts dull blackish brown ; the
outer vanes of- the primary quill feathers, and the last two-thirds of the inner
vanes light brown, the first third white; each of the latter vanes are crossed
by a number of black-brown bars amounting on the longest feathers to ten
or eleven in number; the secondaries pearl-grey, the inner vanes broadly
edged with white in addition to being crossed by several narrow black-brown
bars. The two centre feathers of the tail and the outervanesof the remainder
pearl-grey, faintly flushed with brown ; the inner vanes white, and all the vanes
excepting the outer one of the outermost feather of each side crossed by six
black-brown bands, the one nearest the point the broadest; on several of the
inner vanes more or less of the spaces between the bands are of the same
colour as the outer vanes; the tips of all the feathers white. The cere and
legs light saffron yellow; bill and claws brownish black, the edge of the
upper mandible near the angle of the mouth, and the base of the lower one
dull yellow. Eyes bright orange.
F o rm, &cSTypical; bill strongly arched from the base, and considerably
compressed; festoon of upper mandible only slightly developed; tarsi and
toes moderately robust, the divisions of the plates and scales of the former
scarcely perceptible; the inner toe rather longer than the hinder one; the
claws much curved, slightly compressed and pointed. The wings when folded
reach rather beyond the first half of the ta il; the fourth quill feather rather
the longest, the third and fifth a little shorter and nearly of equal length.
Tail long and slightly rounded at the point.